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How Blue LEDs Have Impacted the World

Posted on Feb 1, 2017 10:55am PST

A few decades ago,
professional electrical contractors serving Columbus weren’t using LED lights in the same way that they are today for
electrical service. Task, atmospheric, and security lighting have all
relied on incandescent or fluorescent bulbs, but the tide is turning.
Watch this video on how blue LEDs have impacted electrical contractors
and the world.

Red and green LEDs have been around since the 1980s, so what makes blue
so special as a latecomer? Once blue LEDs were developed in the 1990s,
the 3 colors could be combined to make usable white light. This created
countless opportunities to improve efficiency in residential and commercial
areas, and it has even given promise to underdeveloped nations that don’t
have access to the electricity we take for granted. LED lights can also
use energy from batteries or even solar energy from panels for increased
efficiency. They last exponentially longer than alternatives and continue
to become more affordable.